GM to appeal FERC order on gas bill advance payments
General Motors will continue its appeal against a FERC ruling requiring gas customers to make advance payments for a proposed coal gasification plant in North Dakota. GM argues the plan unfairly shifts construction risks to individual customers while financing is available from Great Plains partners and the Department of Energy.
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General Motors
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
North Dakota
David S Potter
Potter
Michigan
Ohio Consumers’ Counsel
State of New York Public Service Commission
Great Plains
Department of Energy
Giant Food reports May 17 1980 operating results
Giant Food Inc releases unaudited results for the period ended May 17, 1980, versus the prior year. Sales reach 313.978 million from 288.516 million, up 16.9 percent. Pre tax income drops to 5.666 million from 7.687 million. Net income falls to 3.346 million from 4.332 million. Earnings per share are 0.69 versus 0.75.
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Giant Food Inc
Icome
Labor Department probes delays at Norfolk shipyard
Labor Department official Charity Benz says she and associate director John McClellan will personally inspect Norfolk Naval Shipyard to review delays in processing workers compensation claims filed by injured employees. Shipyard spokesman Joe Law says most claims are resolved within two weeks and blames missing information for longer cases. Senate aide Philip Travere says Warner's Tidewater office was asked to assist about 90 shipyard workers with benefits access.
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Portsmouth
Labor Department
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Charity Benz
Department
Joe Law
Law
Philip Travere
John Warner
Warner 5
Tidewater
Stock Market Ends Mixed After Busy Session
New York stocks closed lower on a volatile day as rates dipped slightly. The Dow slipped 0.08 to 872.61, NYSE volume rose to 47.30 million shares while big movers included Caesars World and Playboy Enterprises. Nasdaq gained 0.09 to 155.31 amid scattered oil and industrial stock activity.
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New York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Caesars World
Bally Manufacturing
Playboy Enterprises
Dell Webb
Ramada Inns
Golden
Mobil
Exxon
Texaco
Conoco
Getty
Atlantic Richfield Iva
NYSE
Exchange
Standard & Poor
S&p
OPEC price rise drawing Western rebuttals and caution
Western governments condemned OPEC for allowing crude prices to climb up to four dollars per barrel. Energy Secretary Duncan warned the move burdens the world economy while CME commissioner Brunner and Bank of Japan officials signaled higher inflation and trade deficits. Saudi Arabia pledged no immediate rise, but others pressed higher bases and ceilings as output cuts measured.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Charles W Duncan
Washington
OPEC
Algeria
Wall
Guido Brunner
European Common Market Energy Commissioner
Brunner
Brussels
Belgium
Io Tokyo
Bank of Japan
Haruo Mayekewa
Carter
Duncan
Venezuela
Kuwait
Iraq
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United States
Seudis
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yaman
Algiers
Migh
Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon of Maryland Consulting Engineers Council
The Consulting Engineers Council of Maryland will hold its annual meeting and luncheon at 1 am on June 19 at the Engineering Center in Baltimore. Donald J Smally will award a $1,000 scholarship to Thomas B. Trask of Hyattsville for continued education at the University of Maryland. Certificates of engineering excellence will be presented to Mueller Associates, Century Engineering Inc, and Exell Eornhardt & Associates for projects at Gloria Floyd Elementary School, Frostburg State College, and Baltimore Washington International Airport, with luncheon seating starting at noon. Reservations should be made with the council office at (301) 539-1592.
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Consulting Engineers Council of Maryland
Engineering Center
Baltimore
Donald J Smally
P.E
American Consulting Engineers Council
Wee
Thomas B. Trask
Hyattsville
University of Maryland
David H Nelson
Nelson and Kind
John B Gulett
Whitman
Reynardt & Associates
Baltimore County
Mueller Associates
Gloria Floyd
Miami
Fla
Century Engineering Inc
Frostburg State College
Exell, Eornhardt & Associates
Baltymore- Ashington International
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